Opinion
No. CA 06-03590.
March 14, 2008.
Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Erie County (John A. Michalek, J.), entered October 26, 2006. The order, insofar as appealed from, granted the motion of respondents for an evidentiary hearing on the issue of the arbitrator's alleged bias.
LAW OFFICES OF J. GREGORY HOELSCHER, BUFFALO (J. GREGORY HOELSCHER OF COUNSEL), AND SAMMARCO, MATTACOLA SAMMARCO, LLP, BUFFALO, FOR PETITIONER-APPELLANT.
HODGSON RUSS LLP, BUFFALO (JEFFREY F. SWIATEK OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENTS-RESPONDENTS.
Present: Smith, J.P., Lunn, Peradotto, Green and Pine, JJ.
It is hereby ordered that said appeal is unanimously dismissed without costs as moot [ see Matter of Buffalo Professional Firefighters Assn., Inc., Local 282, IAFF, AFL-CIO-CLC [Masiello], 50 AD3d 106).